STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A city Correction Department officer faces drunken driving charges after police caught him speeding on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge early Wednesday morning, according to authorities.

Gustavo Milton, 43, of Steig Avenue in Great Kills, was clocked going 81 mph on the bridge -- more than 30 mph over the 45 mph speed limit -- in his 2007 BMW just before 3 a.m., according to court papers.